Second Amendment meant
to shield states from feds

The Second Amendment, which reads “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” was written into the Constitution to protect the states from an overzealous federal government.

There were two opposing ideas argued to form a government. Alexander Hamilton and his followers wanted a strong central government similar to a monarchy or dictatorship. Thomas Jefferson and his followers wanted the states to have the power, with the duty of the federal government to protect the newly established country from outside forces.

Since then, the United States of America has evolved to a point where the states do not have to fear a military incursion by the federal government. That evolution makes the Second Amendment obsolete. It should be repealed and a new amendment written to bring our gun laws into the 21st century.

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